New crop Brazil Fazenda Santa Ines, one of our favorite coffees, has just arrived. And this year the price is reduced making it an outstanding value. We were fortunate enough to have been able to purchase Santa Ines directly from the farm and can report it being every good as last year, maybe better. This coffee has a wonderful track record. In the 2005 Brazil Cup of Excellence it took first place and was later auctioned for a record setting $49.75 per pound and that was the raw cost prior to importing and roasting. In the 2006 Cup of Excellence the jury rated Brazil Fazenda Santa Ines as the #5 coffee with a score of 91.43 and was our personal favorite (we were jurors at the competition). We acquired the tiny amount of coffee at auction and were able to offer it to you for $12 pound green. This year, however, the Cup of Excellence was not held in Brazil for a variety of reasons, many of them political. That fact coupled with our direct relationship results in a great benefit to you. Therefore, there are no 2007 Brazil CoE coffees. The Sertao Group owns the farm Santa Ines, located in the Mantiqueira Mountain Range in the State of Minas Gerais. They are highly concerned with environmental issues and the welfare of the farm's employees. All coffee from Santa Ines is hand picked on cloth to avoid touching the soil. It is then washed, pulped and spread on terraces to dry. Quantity is very limited. Roasting Notes: Roast to somewhat beyond first crack but we would advise restraining from the commencement of second crack. This coffee is so bright and citrusy, to roast it too dark would mean that many of its subtleties would be lost. Cup Characteristics:Fazenda Santa Ines is a very sweet, bright coffee with hints of lemon and clove. Its citrusy character is very striking. It possesses a delicate texture and a layered, complex taste. Very aromatic, it has chocolaty body and creamy mouthfeel with a long, sweet finish. A truly outstanding cup. | | | Grower Francisco Isidoro Dias Pereira and mother |
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| 1 | $6.91 | | 2-4 | $6.56 | | 5-19 | $6.22 | | 20+ | $5.53 |
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